Chinese technology giant Huawei announced the french designer Mathieu Lehanneur as Chief Designer. In doing so, the global player affirms its strong strategic positioning in product design. Mathieu Lehanneur will lead the Aesthetics Research Center (ARC) unveiled this week in Paris. Heading up this research and innovation unit comprising around twenty designers, Mathieu Lehanneur will inspire and bring coherence to each branch of the brand’s products. From image to object and from product to shop…

Pullman Tour Eiffel just opened with the second sample of Mathieu Lehanneur ’s “Business Playground” concept : reinvention of the meeting room as a perfect illustration of the “blurring” of private and professional life. This room reflects the brand’s “Work hard, Play hard” motto as well as its guests’ lifestyle. It combines performance and pleasure with a fresh take on the traditional aspects of a meeting: a meeting table designed like a poker table, a private area for informal conversations or breaks, and a cabinet of curiosities. All these features are designed to stimulate creativity and reinvent international hospitality codes. After the success of first Playground at Pullman London St Pancras, the concept is gradually rolled out across the 80 Pullman’s hotels network. Lire la suite…

After its launch in Hong Kong last May, the new Lounge concept for Audemars Piguet goes to Miami for the famous contemporary art fair Art Basel from 4 to 7th december. The prestigious Swiss fine watchmaking brand called upon Mathieu Lehanneur to design its new presentation, demonstration and sales areas. The French designer literally scans the Joux Valley, the brand’s historical birthplace, to replicate its mineral DNA suspended in the air.Lire la suite…

Audemars Piguet to unveil new lounge at Art Basel in Hong Kong 2014 from 14 – 18 May 2014 by leading French designer Mathieu Lehanneur, featuring a video installation about the brand’s origins by Austrian video artist Kurt Hentschläger. In its second year as a global Associate Partner of Art Basel, Audemars Piguet is delighted to today announce plans for a new lounge created by leading French designer Mathieu Lehanneur as well as a new piece by Austrian video artist Kurt Hentschläger inspired by Audemars Piguet’s home in Le Brassus in the Vallée de Joux. The innovative design by Lehanneur will provide the setting for a reflective video piece by Hentschläger and an exhibition of exceptional historic and contemporary timepieces, including a display of six new models of the Royal Oak Offshore in 42 mm. The lounge will be on show at Basel and Miami in december.Lire la suite…

Combining elements of nature and friendliness, Mathieu Lehanneur wanted “a speaker that was as simple, instinctive and enticing as an apple that has just fallen from a tree. A sonorous object ripe for the picking”. With no top and no bottom, the shape perfectly lends itself to the users own intuition and creativity in use, making it “as self-explanatory and magical as a piece of fruit,” says Mathieu Lehanneur. Lire la suite…

It was predicted by some that radios would be made obsolete by the arrival of PCs and smart phones. This however is not the case! This small accessory represents free, invisible and accessible technology. Simple as well as indispensable, it is at large now more than ever. Going by its rising number of sales, it is here to stay for the foreseeable future… Lire la suite…

In response to current concerns regarding the over-consumption of energy and its ecological and economic consequences, Schneider Electric and Mathieu Lehanneurhave created WISER, a collection of smart devices to measure and manage domestic energy consumption in real time. WISER is a complete solution directlydisplaying the energy consumption of a residence in euros and enabling appliances to be adjusted simply via a Smartphone. With WISER, each consumer can therefore view the distribution of energy at home. They can see, understand and therefore react. Lire la suite…

Mathieu Lehanneur and Pullman reinvents meetings with the “Business Playground” room as a perfect illustration of the “blurring” of private and professional life. This room reflects the brand’s “Work hard, Play hard” motto as well as its guests’ lifestyle. It combines performance and pleasure with a fresh take on the traditional aspects of a meeting: a meeting table designed like a poker table, a private area for informal conversations or breaks, and a cabinet of curiosities. All these features are designed to stimulate creativity and reinvent international hospitality codes. The Pullman London St Pancras will premier the “Business Playground” room from November 2013, before it is gradually rolled out across the network starting in 2014. Lire la suite…

Ricard entrusted Mathieu Lehanneur with the role of redesigning its carafe and glass set to equip bars, restaurants and clubs. The tasting ritual, a real institution, has been perfected by a complete revision of the codes and features by the French designer. the stem of the glass contains the correct measure of Ricard, an end therefore to incorrect measures. Then, the flared shape of the stem does not allow ice-cubes from entering, a small detail that prevents direct contact between the ice and the Ricard and therefore the formation of solidified anise essential oil flakes, that spoil the taste buds of purists! A design feature that satisfies lovers and also guides enthusiasts who have the tendency to put the ice-cubes in the glass first of all, making a precise measure impossible “With the Ricard teams we looked at reintroducing the preparation ritual to the very core of the tasting. I wanted to use the alchemy of the perfect measure but make it intuitive, obvious. The glass is primarily responsible for all that. As a result, whatever the order between ice-cubes and Ricard, you can be sure of having the right balance… “